Silo-door support.



E. EfBUSTEH.

SILO DOOR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, I915.

1 ,1 QURW. Patented July 11, 1916.

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, Inventor w m A Attorneys E. E. BUSTER.

SILO DOOR SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1915.

1,1 90.320. Patented July 11, 1916.

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Inventor v said links can be'i'eadily brought into en-' of which are tor-med with alining openings a 21. The spaces 22 between the strips of the links are adapted-to receive the outstanding portions 23 of brackets 24-which are secured toeach door 2. A pair of these braeket-s is I mounted on each door and the two brac'l're'ts are spaced apaiita distance equal to the distance between "the-linksQO so that 'gagement with both brackets *on adoorQ 'The outstanding portions :23 ofthebrackets have :openings adapted :to register with the openings "21' 'so tha't, by insertinga rod 26 Idoivnwardlyinto the openings 21 and 25, thelinks 20*will be" pivotally connected to the -door 2. 1

' "Itis'to befun d'erstoodthatfthehook-like members 6 serve to prevent the-guide '7 from springing out of the opening 5' within thebrackets 3. When it is'desi'red to use the door supporting attachment for the purpose of swinging-open one of thefdoors' of the silo, the set 's'crew 14L is loosened and the hook-like members 6 in the path of thesleeve 13are swung to open-positions,1as shown 1n- Fig; Gsothat said sleeve 13" together with the-eyes 1'5 and the'arms 16 can be moved along the guide 7 until sleeve'18 is brought into the openings 51in Pthose brackets 3 beside the door tolbe openedf lVhen the sleeves is-thus positionedfit is fastened in place by meansof the set screw 14 and will fit snugly within the openings 5,'the outstanding 'porpotions "d'o'fthebracket's serving to hold the sleeve against horizontal displacement relative to the brackets While the set screw 14:

holds 'the sleeve against upward or downward movement; The arms 16' and links 18 standing portions 23' of brackets 24 on the therefrom by removing rod '26,afte r which the said door supporting structure oan be adjusted longitudinally along the guide '7 to. position opposite the next door to be swung} open, whereupon the operation hereinbefore described can obevrepeated.

It is to be understood that the means for ,connect'ing the'door to "the guide 7 "can be 'modifie'dji Furthermore,-ivhilethe door sup- I portlng structure can, f desired, remain'a Q used in connection with a group of silos.

perman'ent vfixture of one .silo,it can also, by reason of its detachability, be transported from one silo to another so that oneaof said door supportingstructures can thus be What is claimed is 1. The combination with 3,1 silo having a plurality of superposed doors, of ahinge to the adjacent door.

within the brackets.

,structure adjustable into position adjacent any oneof the doors, and means for detachably connecting said hinge structure to saiddoors.

2. The combination 'Wltll a $110 having a plurality of superposed doors, of a vertically adjustable hinge structure upon the silo, means upon the silo for engaging the hinge structure to hold it against displacement after adjustment, and means for de- 5 tachably connecting the hinge structure to the adjacentfdoor.

3. The combination with a silo havin 7 O superposed 'doors,of a bracket upon the silo and adjacenteach-door, a'h-inge structure so adjustable into engagement with any one of the brackets, said bracket constituting -means for holding the hinge structure against horizontal displacement, and means for detachably securing the hmge structure 4. The combination with a silo having superposed doors, and a bracket adjacent :eaoh door and upon the silo, of a hinge structure including a sleeve shiftable into position Within any one of the brackets, a framemovable with the SlBGWB and adapted to swing-relative thereto, and means carried by-the frame for detachable connection with the" ad acent door.

5. The combination with a silo having superposed doors, of aguide upon the silo and adjacent the doors, a hinge structure adjustable along the guide, and means for detachably connecting the hinge structure to the adjacent door.

-6. The combination with a silo having superposed doors, of a guide detachably connected to the silo, a hinge structure ad justable along the guide to position adjacent any one of the doors, and means for 'dctachablyconnecting the hinge structure to the ad acent door.

7. The combination with a silo having superposed doors, and brackets upon the silo and adjacent the respective doors, said brackets having alining openings, of a guide extending through the openings and. connected; to the SllO, a hinge structure adustable along the guide to position Within any of the'brackets', and means for detachably connectmg the hinge structure to the adjacent door; i

8. Thecombination with a jsilo having superposed doors, and brackets upon the silo and adjacent'the respective'doors,,said

: brackets having alining openings, of a guide extending through the openings and connected to the silo, a hinge structure adjustable along the guide to position within any of the brackets, means for detachabl connecting the hinge structure to the adjacent door, and means upon one of the brackets for holding the guide in position 9. The combination with a silo having superposed doors, and brackets upon the silo and adjacent the respective doors, said brackets having alining openings, of a guide extending through'the openings and connected to the silo, a hinge structure adjustable along the guide to position Within any of the brackets, means for detachably connecting the hinge structure to the adjacent door, and means upon one of the brackets for holding the guide in position Within the brackets, said means being shiftable to permit the passage of the hinge structure through the brackets.

10. The combination with a silo having superposed doors, of brackets secured to the silo and adjacent the doors, said brackets having vertically alining openings, a guide secured to the silo and extending through the openings, a sleeve adjustable along the guide and into any one of the openings, the said brackets when engaged by the sleeve constituting means for holding the sleeve against horizontal displacement, a hinge structure mounted to swing upon the guide and held against vertical movement independently of the sleeve, means for securing the sleeve to the guide, and means for detachably connecting the hinge structure to the adjacent door.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD E. BUSTER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT R. ROBERTS, J. T. RICHARDS.

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